Comedy · c. 1595

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Hermia flees Athens with Lysander rather than wed the man her father has chosen, and Helena, who loves the spurned Demetrius, follows them into a wood ruled by the quarrelling fairy king and queen. There Oberon's errand-boy Puck mistakes his victims, sending the lovers into a night of misplaced desire while Titania wakes to adore Bottom the weaver, now wearing an ass's head. By morning the couples are rightly matched, and the weddings at Theseus's court are crowned by the workmen's clumsy play of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Contents · 10 parts

• Persons of the Play26 lines
• Act I, Scene 1about 260 lines
• Act I, Scene 288 lines
• Act II, Scene 1about 280 lines
• Act II, Scene 2about 170 lines
• Act III, Scene 1about 190 lines
• Act III, Scene 2about 510 lines
• Act IV, Scene 1about 230 lines
• Act IV, Scene 236 lines
• Act V, Scene 1about 440 lines

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